Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by a matrix of social inequality whose axes —such as socioeconomic stratum, gender, stage in the life cycle, ethnicity and race, territory, disability, and immigration status— create multiple, often concurrent, situations of exclusion and discrimination. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated wide social gaps and it is no coincidence that Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions in which the health and socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic have been the most severe, which shows that the costs of inequality are unsustainable